The National tribune., 1887-04-07
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comrades of his company.
c. b. Cloud, Co. /, 9th w. Cav, Custer
City, Pa, saw q notice Of the death of mule
at Fort Macon which had served thetGOvern-
ment 30 years. He says that if the Govern
ment will not do as it promised by the SOL
diers it should at least show some respect for
the mule by erecting a monument over his re-
mains.
Isaac Chapman, Co. E, 9th Me-, Hollis, Me-,
thinks THE NATIONAL tribune is doing a
great work for the soldiers, and deserves their
hearty support. He says the pay of the soldiers
in greenbacks did not go very far toward buy
ing cotton cloth for their families at 30 cents a
yard.
J. Guthrie Savage. Co. B, Sd Wis. carlton,
Kan, having read the account by Chas. Char
mock. Co. ID. 9Th Wis, of how some Wisconsin
soldiers who captured a flag at Williamsburg
gave it up to a red-headed Sergeant belonging
to another regiment, says he is surprised to
hear of q Wisconsin soldier who ever gave up
anything after he had captured it. That was
not the kind of men they were.
J.W. Long, I'd Iowa, Russell. Kan, denounces
as nonsense an article in the indianapolis
Journal. which stated that just before going
into battle the soldiers strewed the ground
with cards which they threw away, being too
superstitiOus to go into battle with them in
their pockets.
E. C. slawson, Co. C, s5th N. Y, Salem,
MO-, WISHES some conraue WOULD WrlLe HIS
tory of his regiment.
w. o. Hu6bell, Co. C, 18th Kan, Garden
City, Kan. sends a sketch of very arduOus
march of the troops under command of Gen. j.
Z. Thayer from Fort Smith, Ark, to Little
Rock. The men marched night and day
through the swamps almost knee-deep in mud
and water. He says Gen. Thayer treated his
men very kindly, and possessed in the highest
degree their confidence and love.
II NJ NFiuclnu, No IN EoIIa
Oak, appeals to the old soldiers in Minnesota
and Dakota to stand up in solid column for
their rights and to support only men for office
who will pledge themselves TO recognize them.
w. j. Adams, Co. +, 45th ILL.,, Centralia, ILL.,,
wonders if he is the only member of that regi-
ment who reads THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. as
he rarely sees it mentioned in its columns. He
says the 11lth Ill. belonged to the First Bril-
gade, Second Division, Fifteenth Corps, from
the opening of the Atlanta campaign until the
close of the war. 1t was at the left of the 4Sth
III. in the charge on Fort MeAllister at Savan-
nah, Dec. Is, 1864.
F. S. Domm. Co. E, 18th Ohio Cav, Emporia,
Kan, says the soldiers Of Kansas are proud of
their Representatives in Congress. He says
the ticket for 1855 will be clipped from The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and it will not contain
the names of E. s. Bragg, of Wisconsin, or A.
j. Warner, of Ohio.
J. p. Fusselman, Co. Fl, Goth Ohio, address
not given, says it was the Second Brigade,
Third Division, Seventeenth Corps composed
of the 6Sth, 18th and Goth Ohio and 30th ILL.,,
that was commanded by Gen. z. K. Scott, at
the time he was captured.
T.. w. Cook, GAINESVILLE. Wis, says the men,
bcrs of the 10th N. Y will remember the man
who came into camp with wagon load of boots,
which he offered for sale at very extravagant
prices. The boys wanted the boots, but did
not like to pay such high prices for them, SO
| they raided him and confseated the whole out
mt. The matter was reported to the Colonel,
who at once ordered a thorough investigation
to be made. He appointed a Major, Captain
and Lieutenant a commission to examine the
tents and arrest any man found with confs-
Gated property in his possession. The notice
was given in due form TO the Orderly Ser
| geants. who, in turn, directed the men to be
ready for inspection of tents. OF course, thus
warned, they made way with the boots, and
not single pair was found by the inspecting
| officers. few days later the men looked very
| nicely in their new boots, which they had "just
received from home"
l.. NJ. Braun, Co. F, 18th Kan. Cav, Somer-
set, Kan, gives a brief sketch of the expedi-
| tion to Powder River, from Fort I.eavenwOrth,
in January, 1865.
John Tschabald, Co. B, Cd Mimi, Dodge Gen.
ter. Mimi, would like to hear from some of
the comrades of his brigade, which was COM
Ohio and 18th u. s. Inf He wonders, in COM
mon with thousands of other soldiers why Nc
Cook was left to fight the battle of Perryville
alone.
Information Asked and Given.
r. King, Chester Crossroads, o., asks in
| formation of John LaDaw, Co. /, 4Ist Ohio,
who enlisted in 1861. and was disabled and dis
charged at Nashville about September, 1862
| He was supposed to have gone on board a
| at 10 kF,t. -
of afterward. His father. George LaDaw,
Chester Crossroads, o., would be glad of any
| information concerning him.
| III. j. Mills, alias James III. Thomas, Co. F,
| 18th Mo. Cav, Ludville, Ga, asks information
as to the whereabouts Of Lieut.. VIM. Z. Jones
Co. f, 18th Mo. Cav, and Lieut.. Gleason, Co.
| A. same regiment. He would like to hear from
any of his old comrades.
Jos. n. Walsh, Co. b, 4th Mass. Cav. 227
Athens street. Boston, Mass, inquiries of the
members of the Pennsylvania Bucktails what
became of Serg't Riggs. who had command OF
the first hundred oil the LIST division of pris-
| oners at Andersonville. He would also ike to
hear from Serg't Whittlesey, of New York
regiment.
Mrs. S. Swisher, Farragut, Iowa, would like
| to learn from members of the I'd Ky. Cav some
thing about the death of her brother, Lieut..
| VIM. Bradney, which occurred at Macon, Ga,
| in 1864. His clothing. commission and other
effects were never received by his family. Any
information would be comfort to his friends
| w. &. Foster, Brewer, Neb., wishes TO know
the whereabouts of Abel Jones and his sisters
| Frances and Lorraine When last heard from
| Tin 1861 they were living in Boston, Mass
| DIR. j. b. Jones, Mt. Ida, Kan, asks informa-
| ton concerning Clement Pinckuey, or Pinek-
ney Davis. He was last seen by his brother
| Elisha Davis, on Mississippi River steamboat
at Fort Madison, Iowa, in the Spring of 1865.
| He was a member of the boats crew. His
parents died and left four small children, who
became scattered, and all traces of the one now
| inquired for were lost. Any information con-
corning him will be thankfully received
Chester III. Harvey, Sacramento, Cal, in
quires what became of the flag that was cap
| tured at Montgomery, Ala, by A. J.. Smiths
| command. 1t was large blue flag with single
star, under which was a palmetto tree with a
| serpent In the branches. He says it was the
| first flag hoisted at the Inauguration of JEFF
Davis as President of the Southern COnfeder-
acy, and therefore of great historic value.
Mrs. Thos. Gibson, 10 South Saxtou street,
| Canton, o., has letter for Jesse Hamilton, Co.
| e, 18th ILL.,, and would like to know his address,
Frank w. Taylor Co. /, 65th Pa, 253 South
| Fifth street, Philadelphia, Pa, says brother of
| his belonging to Co. g. 57th N. Y, was killed
at the battle of the Wilderness. His regiment
was in the Third Brigade First Division. Sec
| ond Corps. The writer has never been able to
learn the particulars of his death, and he would
| be thankful TO any comrade who can give him
| information on the subject. He would like
to correspond with any Of the 57th N. Y, and
| especially Co. q.
w. III. Poison Co. G. 18th Ill West Bernie